Sports centre group makes good progress
Week: 09 | 27th February 2020 | NewsDesign feasibility study will be ready for the public during May THE group investigating the redevelopment of a former sports centre in Langholm will be ready to present the findings of its design feasibility study in May. Its next major…
Farms need better pollinator practice
Week: 09 | 27th February 2020 | Farming and EnvironmentDespite significant investment in EFAs, the study found they were failing to provide all the resources insect pollinators need. With more than 70 per cent of crops worldwide relying on insect pollinators, it highlights the need to create a variety…
Roger to step down from chairman’s job
Week: 09 | 27th February 2020 | Common Riding NewsHe followed in his father’s footsteps to lead the Common Riding THE chairman of the Common Riding members has announced he will step down from the post in April next year. Roger Maxwell told the members at their February meeting…
£10,000 is raised so far for village flood victims
Week: 09 | 27th February 2020 | NewsDonations pour in as Newcastleton residents clear out houses A FUNDRAISING campaign launched after the devastating flood in Newcastleton during Storm Dennis has raised nearly £10,000 so far. The GoFundMe account was set up by Jamie Thomson and Libby Kennedy.…
Objections rise over flood protection plan
Week: 09 | 27th February 2020 | NewsWalls and embankments lining the rivers are not very popular flood protection scheme for Langholm, which would line the Esk and Wauchope with walls and embankments, has encountered strong opposition in the town. Councillor Archie Dryburgh, vice-chairman of the economy…
Launch of Digital Hub
Week: 08 | 20th February 2020 | NewsTHE South of Scotland Skills and Learning Network Digital Hub at Dumfries and Galloway College has been launched. The hub is part of a £6.6m investment in southern Scotland and comes as part of the South of Scotland Economic Partnership…
Holy Isle retreat brings patience and generosity
Daily distractions abandoned at Centre of World Peace and Health…
Farmers of Eskdale have a ball
THE annual Eskdale farmers’ dance was held in the school…
D&G to face £11m cut to services budget
Rethink by SNP government called for by councillors DUMFRIES and Galloway…
Valentine’s day treat
Langholm primary pupils raise £700 at their coffee morning A…
Survey will identify windfarm funding
Group encouraging people to use questionnaire to propose ideas A…
Devastating flood rages through seventy homes
River bursts its banks leaving residents wading through water up…
Floods, Gales, ice and snow a typical Scottish February
ESKDALE and Liddesdale were battered by Storm Ciara last weekend…
Lewis is uni champ
Athletics A LANGHOLM athlete, who receives funding from “Welcome to…
Benty open singles
THE Benty hall bowlers held their annual open singles tournament…
Fashion regenerated
TURNING scrap fabrics into eye-catching and colourful clothes and showcasing…
Jobs for vital volunteers
AVRIL Bannatyne has volunteered at The Buccleuch Centre since it…
Upland bursary for Langholm ceramicist
Organisation will provide programme of mentoring and support EMERGING ceramic…
Oz flags fly at tower
Week: 07 | 13th February 2020 | NewsPerth couple send flags in memory of their border ancestors AN AUSTRALIAN couple, who visited Gilnockie Tower last autumn, sent two of their country’s flags to be flown from the tower’s flagpoles on Australia Day. Shellie and Brett Cummings of…
Moor buy-out deadline approaches
Week: 07 | 13th February 2020 | NewsTHE Langholm Initiative is continuing to work towards a community buy-out of Langholm Moor. Feasibility studies are now complete and their findings are being considered in detail by the board and members of the working group. The organisation is in…
Plan for troubled kids’ school must go public
Week: 07 | 13th February 2020 | NewsCompany urged to talk to Langholm residents about proposal CONCERNS have been raised with a Langholm councillor about a proposal by a company to buy the former primary school and convert it into an independent school for troubled children. Councillor…
Floods, gales, ice and snow a typical Scottish February
Week: 07 | 13th February 2020 | NewsEskdale and Liddesdale struggle through atrocious winter weather this week Scotland said officers all over Dumfries and Galloway were dealing with a number of road traffic collisions. A yellow weather warning remained in place for ice and drivers should expect…
Plugging the hole in lost European funds
Week: 06 | 6th February 2020 | NewsCouncil writes to politicians to ask for their support post-Brexit A EUROPEAN programme, which has funded organisations in Eskdale, is excluded from a Scottish government consultation on how to replace EU funding now that the UK has Brexited. The Dumfries…
Krakow and the real horrors of Auschwitz
Week: 06 | 6th February 2020 | NewsAn account of a visit to this marvellous city and its bleak past Last week marked the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp by the Russian army. Many incredible stories of survival were broadcast and written…
Council struggles over windfarm objection
Community councillors debate the need for more wind turbines TWO…
Rural poverty missed
Deprivation index is biased towards urban not rural locations EW…
Langholm cannabis oil factory gets go-ahead
A number hurdles still to cross but it’s a step…
Langholm with the Lid Off
In his introduction to Langholm with the Lid Off, author…
Popular event packs out hall
EVERY seat was filled in Newcastleton village hall for the…
Copshaw in spotlight as campaign launches
Scotland Starts Here will raise profile to attract more tourists…
Log wagon driver admits killing cyclist
Canonbie trucker admits causing death by careless driving CANONBIE trucker…
Expanding industry needs more workers
Langholm and Hawick collaborate on textile training course A GROWTH…
Vital public service will not be lost to Langholm
Good news for both locals and visitors THE news that…
Low wages contribute to more food bank use
Report shows a 22 per cent rise in use in…
Neil is auctioneers’ group champion
THE Institute of Auctioneers and Appraisers in Scotland (IAAS) has…
Food parcels are only the start
HAZEL Thompson, manager at Kate’s Kitchen, has watched demand steadily…
Positive response to holiday pod proposal
Week: 04 | 23rd January 2020 | Lifestyle NewsBusiness wants to expand park to attract more overnight visitors A HOLIDAY park outside Newcastleton has applied for planning permission to build 17 pods to provide short-term holiday lets. Riverview Holiday Park at Mangerton opened in 2002 when planning permission…
Town’s ambition to be a creative place
Week: 04 | 23rd January 2020 | Arts and Entertainment NewsOutPost Arts receives funding to run art clubs for all enthusiasts AN AMBITION to make Langholm a creative place for young and old has taken a significant step forward. OutPost Arts has launched its 2020 project, A Creative Place. It…
Purr-fect” partners cool as cats on the ice
Week: 04 | 23rd January 2020 | Arts and EntertainmentLibby and Mark score sevens and go forward to next round THEY looked the “purr-fect” partnership and, after scoring another four sevens, Libby Clegg and Mark Hanretty looked like the cats who got the cream. In their second Dancing on…
Up to 20 turbines are on cards for Bentpath
Week: 04 | 23rd January 2020 | NewsDeveloper proposes to construct a windfarm in Meggat Valley A WINDFARM of up to 20 turbines is proposed for a remote valley near Bentpath. Oakridge Energy has submitted a scoping report to the Scottish government’s Energy and Consents Unit for…
The Moldova Experience
Week: 3 | 20th January 2020 | E&L Life Young ReportersCopshaw schoolboy Dean Armstrong learns new house building skills to help a family far away. Landlocked between Romania and the Ukraine, the republic of Moldova is the poorest country in Europe and once described as the world’s least happy place.…
A Sailor went to sea, sea, sea
Week: 3 | 20th January 2020 | E&L Life Gilly FraserFor E&L Life Editor Gilly Fraser, an unexpected joint project turned out to be one of the highlights of 2019 The phone call came out of the blue. ‘You’d better sit down. I’ve got something to ask you.’ The caller…
Finding the stars in Copshaw
The brand new Liddesdale Performing Arts Society brought Copshaw audiences…
Libby... the finest girl!
A SENSATIONAL performance on the ice produced an astounding first-round…
Conan takes gold
Running TEENAGE runner Conan Harper won a team gold medal…
Call to act quickly over dangerous Eskdale road - Water pours on to the A7 at same spot as an earlier landslide
HEAVY rain and high winds disrupted travel last Saturday and…
Mascots United
Rugby A TOTAL of 90 youngsters and their families from…
Sounds of the past - Original school bell to be rehung at the new primary
AN IMPORTANT piece of Langholm’s heritage has been rescued and…
A previous year test
The Muckle Toon Pantomime returns with festive fun for all the family
What links Langholm with 15th century Italy? A well-established and…
Kippford & Rockcliffe Circular via Rough Island.
Distance: 4.6 miles if you include Rough Island or 3.5…
Blue Flight in the pink at Kelso: Blue Flight in the pink at Kelso
Horseracing ED CHAMBERLIN will lead the ITV racing team when…
Academy plant sale flourishes
IT’S time to get planting so make a bee-line for…
Langholm lads help Hawick
Rugby Morrison’s Academy 17 Hawick High School 41 THREE Langholm…
